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challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
CW: animal butchering, racist caricature, genital slur, death, animal death, illness, chronic illness, fire, child death
Ends on such a sad note. The writing is not as good as her previous books, but it was published posthumously. She certainly had some strange events happen in this book and so many misfortunes.
Ends on such a sad note. The writing is not as good as her previous books, but it was published posthumously. She certainly had some strange events happen in this book and so many misfortunes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Racism, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
These books are extremely nostalgic for me as this was the series that got me into reading at 5/6 years old. I remember them book vividly, and they were just as good as I remember. The illustrations were lovely and the story was compelling to read, even as an adult. That being said, there are parts of this series that contained child abuse and racism, among other problematic things. I think it should be noted by the publisher that these books contains such content and that in leaving it, it is meant to be learned from, not celebrated. This was the story of her life and her truth, and if she had sugar coated the disgusting behavior of the "settlers" of that time, it would be doing a disservice to the pain Native Americans endured during that time. Regardless, it was interesting to read this series again with fresh (and adult) eyes.
Series overall rating: 3.5☆
Big Woods: 5☆
Farmer Boy: 3☆
Prairie: 3☆
Plum Creek: 4☆
Silver Lake: 4☆
The Long Winter: 3☆
Little Town: 4☆
Happy Golden Years: 4☆
First Four Years: 3☆
Series overall rating: 3.5☆
Big Woods: 5☆
Farmer Boy: 3☆
Prairie: 3☆
Plum Creek: 4☆
Silver Lake: 4☆
The Long Winter: 3☆
Little Town: 4☆
Happy Golden Years: 4☆
First Four Years: 3☆
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Racism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
There is a house fire in the last year. No one dies in this fire.
Several people are mentioned to die of weather related problems. In addition Laura's son dies within his first year. This is only mentioned briefly.
Racism: There is one short scene with native americans in which Laura is frieghtened of them and worries they will steal from her.
Laura is pregnant twice during the book but the details are not mentioned and the births are in very limited detail.